Pause and Un-Pause

Tonight at dinner, B asked me if I would play "Chest" with him during Thanksgiving break.  

Mr. P:  "It's not Chest, it's called CHESS.  SSS."

B:  "Chesssss.  Okay." 

Me:  "That would be fun.  I'll play." 

Mr. P:  "Do you know what a chest is?"

B:  "Duh.  Of course I know what a chest is."

Me:  "What's a chest?"

B:  "Mom ... Don't make me say it."

Me:  "Say it ..."

B:  "It's those round things that you move around."

PREGNANT PAUSE.  

Yup.  "Those. Round. Things. That. You. Move. Around."  Yup.  Mr. Pea and I exchanged an exaggerated glance.  In that glance we had a silent conversation: 

[Me:  What the???]

[Mr. P:  Heck if I know.]

[Both of us:  Do something!  Calmly!]

UN-PAUSE

Me:  "Huh?  I don't know what you're talking about."

B:  "The game with those round things."

Me, recognition dawning:  "Oh ... Are they red and black?"

B:  "The one's we have are red and white."

Mr. P:  "CHECKERS.  They're called CHECKERS."

Apparently, we need to work on teaching our kids the proper name of the games we play.  

We love to play games!!  The boys have been playing a lot of CHESS lately.